Reclining chair of the multiple movement type



July 10, 1962 s. FLETCHER 3,043,621

RECLINING CHAIR OF THE MULTIPLE MOVEMENT TYPE Filed April 22, 1960 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. P675? 5. ago/a? BY Liz/wk J ly 10, 196 P. s.FLETCHER 3,043,621

RECLINING CHAIR OF THE MULTIPLEMOVEMENT TYPE Filed April 22; 1960 2Sheets-Sheet 2 I --/zz /24 f\ ma /76/84 [72 /2a 7 L34 /60 97 206 ,220,M0 F/G. 4

U a N F b? 52 /48 A21 J INVENTOR. PETE? 5. FLETCl/ER United StatesPatent 3,043,621 RECLINING CHAIR OF THE MULTIPLE MOVEMENT TYPE Peter S.Fletcher, Delray Beach, Fla., assignor to Anton Lorenz, Boynton Beach,Fla.

Filed Apr. 22, 1960, Ser. No. 23,963

7 Claims. (Cl. 297-85) The present invention relates generally toreclining chairs, and in particular to an improved reclining chair ofthe type including body-supporting means having a movable back-rest anda movable seat which are coordinated with each other to include twodistinct phases of chair movement.

The well known reclining chair comprises a support, body-supportingmeans including a back-rest and seat movably mounted on the support anda leg-rest mounted beneath the seat and movable into various elevatedlegsupporting positions in response to chair movement. Heretofore therehave been two distinct types of reclining chair; those constructed witha unitary back-rest and seat mounted on a support for movementintovarious tilted positions, and those constructed with a movableback-rest and movable seat and mounted on the support for reclining andinclining movement respectively. Chairs of the type incorporating aunitary back-rest and seat were found to be most suitable foraccommodating the chair occupant in a tilted back position, but in asitting attitude, with the occupants legs supported on the elevatedleg-rest. Chairs of the type incorporating a movable back-rest andmovable seat were found to be most suitable for accommodating the chairoccupant in a complete and full relaxation position, with the occupantslegs supported on the leg-rest, in that the angle between the back-restand seat increases in response to the reclining movement of the chair.

Of recent times there has been introduced an improved reclining chairwhich exhibits attributes of both types of chairs which have beenheretofore sold, to wit, those suitable for accommodating the chairoccupant in a semireclined or tilted back attitude and those suitablefor accommodating the chair occupant in a fully reclined or completerelaxation attitude. Provision i made in such chairs of the doublemovement type for a first movement phase from a sitting position to anintermediate tilted position during which there is substantiallynoangular displacement between the back-rest and seat, with the leg-restmoving to an elevated leg-supporting position to establish anintermediate tilted position, and for a second movement phase from theintermediate tilted position to a fully reclined position during whichthe angle between the seat and back-rest opens up, with the leg-restremaining in an elevated leg-supporting position to establish a completerelaxation or fully reclined position for the chair occupant.

Broadly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improvedreclining chair of the double movement type. Specifically, it is withinthe contemplation of the present invention to provide improved andsimplified coordinating mechanisms for establishing two distinct phasesof movement in a reclining chair.

In accordance with an illustrative embodiment demonstrating objects andfeatures of the present invention,

there is provided a reclining chair which comprises a support,body-supporting means including a seat and a "ice '2 back-rest having apivotal connection therebetween, a second movement link, means pivotallymounting said second movement link on said support, a mounting link, andmeans pivotally and movably mounting said mounting link on said secondmovement link. A holding link is pivotally mounted on' said mountinglink and pivotally connected to said body-supporting means. Frontguiding means are pivotally mounted on said mounting link and pivotallyconnected to said seat, and rear guiding means are pivotally mounted onsaid support and pivotally connected to said back-rest. The front andrear guiding means guide said body-supporting means during said firstmovement phase, with the holding link maintaining a substantial rigidrelationship between said seat and back-rest and with said secondmovement link remaining stationary. The second movement link movesrelative to said support and said back-rest turns about its pivotalconnection to said rear guiding means during said second movement phaseto progressively increase the angularly relationship between said seatand backrest. The chair further includes :a leg-rest and a legrestlinkage which mounts the leg-rest for movement to an elevatedleg-supporting position during said first movement phase. The mountinglink remains stationary during the first movement phase and effectivelyis rigid with said support. The mounting link moves during the secondmovement phase and effectively is rigid with said seat. An actuatingmeans is provided for the leg-rest which is operatively connectedbetween the mounting link and the seat and is responsive to the relativemovement therebetween in the first movement phase to move the leg-restto the elevated leg-supporting position. 'The effective rigidrelationship between the mounting link and the seat during the secondmovement phase maintains the legrest in an elevated leg-supportingposition and in a substantially rigid relationship to the seat duringsuch second movement phase.

The above brief description as well as further objects, features andadvantages of the present invention will be more fully appreciated byreference to the following detailed description of several illustrativeembodiments according to the present invention, when taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view, with parts broken away and sectioned,showing a reclining chair of the double movement type embodying featuresof the present inrelaxation position for the'chair occupant, with thelegrest being disposed'in an elevated leg-supporting position;

FIG. 4 is ,a side elevational view, with parts broken away andsectioned, showing a reclining chair of the double movement typeembodying features of the present invention, with the chair shown in theupright or sitting position;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view similar to FIG. 1 but showing thereclining chair in an intermediate tilted or semi-reclined position,with the leg-rest moved to an elevated leg-supporting position; and,

FIG. 6 is a side elevational View, similar to FIG. 2, but showing thereclining chair in a fully reclined posi tion wherein the back-rest andseat have been angularly displaced relative to each other to establish acomplete relaxation position for the chair occupant, with the legrestbeing disposed in an elevated leg-supporting position.

Referring now specifically to FIGS. 1 to 3 of the drawings, there isshown a first embodiment of reclining chair demonstrating features ofthe present invention, generally designated by the reference numeral 10,which includes a support or frame 12 having opposite side walls 14interconnected by suitable cross braces 16 and supported on dependinglegs 18.

Body-supporting means 20 including a back-rest 22 and a seat 24 aremounted on the support 12 for reclining and inclining movementrespectively for a first movement phase from a sitting positionillustrated in FIG. 1 to an intermediate tilted position illustratedin'FIG. 2 and for a second movement phase from the intermediate tiltedposition illustrated in FIG. 2 through a series of reclining positionsto a fully reclined position illustrated in FIG. 3.

Disposed beneath the forward end of the seat 24 is a leg-rest 26 whichis mounted for movement from a stored retracted position illustrated inFIG. 1 to elevated legsupporting positions illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3.As will be described, the leg-rest 26 is coordinated to thebody-supporting means 20 for movement into an elevated leg-supportingposition in response to the movement of the body-supporting meansthrough the first movement phase and into the intermediate tiltedposition of FIG. 2, with the leg-rest remaining substantially in theelevated leg-supporting'position as the chair moves to the variousreclining positions and into the fully reclined position of FIG. 3.

A linkage mechanism or chair hardware is provided at each side of thechair and includes a mounting bracket or fixture 22a, fixed to theback-rest, a further mounting bracket or fixture 24a fixed to the seat,and a still further mounting bracket or fixture 26a fixed to theleg-rest. The

mounting bracket 2411 includes a rearwardly directed rigid hanger armwhich is connected to the back-rest 22 and-its bracket 22a at a seatpivot 30. A first movement linkage is provided which includes as movablelinks thereof, a front guiding link 32 having a pivotal connecatively'stationary links are provided intermediate the respective pivotal mountsof the front, intermediate, and rear guiding links 32, 36, 38respectively. Specifically,

there is provided a mounting link 42 which extends lengthwise of thechair frame and rests against the cross braces 16 serving as a stopthroughout the first movement phase, as may be appreciated byprogressively inspecting FIGS. 1 and 2. The front guiding link 32 whichconstitutes the upwardly projecting arm of a double-arm lever has apivotal mount '44 intermediate its ends on the mounting link 42 at apoint spaced rearwardly from the forward end thereof. The holding link36 has a pivotal mount 46 at its lower end on the rearward end of themounting link 42, while the rear guiding link has a pivotal mount 48directly on the support 12. The mounting link 42 is pivotally andmovably mounted on the support by a second movement link 50 which has apivotal mount 52 at its rearward end on the support and a pivotalconnection 54 at its forward end to the mounting link 42 intermediatethe pivotal connections 44, 46.

The leg-rest 26 is mounted for movement from the retracted position ofFIG. 1 to the elevated leg-supporting positions illustrated in FIGS. 2and 3 by a leg-rest mounting linkage, generally designated by thereference numeral 75,), which includes a first pair of links '72, 74having a pivotal interconnection '76 at their adjacent ends, a secondpair of links 78, 83* having a pivotal connection 82 at their adjacentends, and a third pair of links 84, 56 having a pivotal connection 558at their adjacent ends. The link 72 is seen to be a depending extensionrigid with the front guiding link 32, with the links 32, 72 constitutingthe double-arm lever having the pivotal mount 44. The link 74 of thefirst link pair crosses over the link '78 of the second link pair andhas a pivotal connection 90 thereto. The forward end of the link 74 ofthe first link pair has a pivotal connection 92 to the link 84 of thethird link pair. The link 84 in turn crosses over the link 8%) of thesecond link pair and has a pivotal connection 94 thereto at the crossover point, with the link 36 of the third link pair having a pivotalconnection 96 at its forward end to the lower end of the leg-rest. Thelink 78 of the second link pair has a pivotal connection 9%) at itsupper end to the forward end of the mounting link 42, while the link ofthe second link pair has a pivotal connection 1% at its forward end tothe upper end of the leg-rest 26. The leg-rest mounting linkage '70 willbe recognized as being of the lazy-tong type wherein a turning movementof the link 72 in a direction to move the pivotal connection 76 towardthe pivotal connection 98 is effective to extend such lazy tong linkageto move the leg-rest 26 to the extended and elevated leg-supportingposition shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Specifically, during the first movementphase the front guiding link 32 which turns in the clockwise directionabout the relatively stationary pivotal mount 44 in response to therearward movement of the seat 24 serves as a driver to the leg-restmounting linkage which brings about a corresponding clockwise turningmovement of the link 72 aboutthe relatively stationary pivotal mount 44.

Provision is. made for blocking the leg-rest mounting linkage 7t} andfor establishing a substantially rigid relationship between the leg-rest26 and the seat 24 at the end of the first movement phase (see FIG. 2).This rigid relationship is maintained through the second movement phase,with the seat 24 and leg-rest 26 being elevated as a unit. Specifically,a stop 152 is fixed to the under surface of the link 42 in advance ofthe pivotal mount or connection 44, which stop first link pair 72, 74 inthe requisite intermediate position for the chair and thereafter rendersthe leg-rest mounting linkage 70, the leg-rest 26 and theseat 24 rigidwith each other. Further, a stop 164 is arranged to abut the rearguiding link 38 at the end of the first movement phase (see FIG. 2) anda stop 1&6 is arranged to abut the second movement link St at the end ofthe second movement phase (see FIG. 3).

For better understanding in this illustrative embodiment of the presentinvention, reference will now be made to a typical sequence ofoperations:

When the chair occupant is seated in the chair It) and leans against theback-rest 22, the body-supporting means 2a is displaced rearwardly anddownwardly relative to the support, with substantially no angulardisplacement between the back-rest 22 and the seat 24. During such firstmovement phase, the chair linkage which includes the three movable links32 and 38 guide the body supporting means with link 36 maintaining thedesired relationship between the back-rest 22 and the seat 24, withsubstantially no angular change therebetween or with a slight opening ofthe angle therebetween if such is desirable. Incident to such rearwardmovement of the body-supporting means 2%, a turning movement is impartedto the double-arm lever 32, 72 which moves the leg-rest 26 to theelevated leg-supporting position shown abuts the link 72 of the in FIG.2. The end of the first movement phase is established when the link 72abuts the stop 162 and at such time the leg-rest linkage 70 and thelinks 32, 36 become substantially unitary with the mounting link 42 andthe rear guiding link 38 becomes substantially unitary or fixed inrelation to the support. During the second movement phase, the secondmovement link 54) turns in the clockwise direction about its pivotalmount 52 to bring about a lifting of the seat 24 and the leg-rest 26 inthe desired relationship. Simultaneously, the backrest 22 turns aboutthe pivotal connection 41} to the rear guiding link 38 serving as arelatively stationary mount throughout the second movement phase. As maybe appreciated by progressively inspecting FIGS. 2 and 3, the turningmovement of the second movement link generally guides the seat 24 andthe leg-rest 26 in an upward direction, while the back-restsimultaneously turns rearwardly about its pivotal connection 49 servingas a relatively stationary pivotal mount to open up the included anglebetween the back-rest and seat and to thereby establish a number ofintermediate reclining positions and the fully reclined position of FIG.3.

in this illustrative embodiment, the end of the second movement phase isestablished when the back-rest abuts the rear cross brace of the chairframe 12 serving as a stop.

When the chair occupant desires to restore the chair to the upright orsitting position illustrated in PEG. 1, the occupant leans forwardlysuch that the back-rest, seat and leg-rest move through the reversesequence, with the chair first moving into the intermediate tiltedposition of FIG. 2 and then returning to the upright or sitting positionillustrated in FIG. 1.

Referring now specifically to FIGS. 4 to 6 of the drawings, there isshown a further embodiment of reclining chair demonstrating features ofthe present invention, generally designated by the reference numeral 111which includes a support or frame 112 having opposite side walls 114interconnected by suitable cross braces 116 and supported on dependinglegs 11%.

Body-supporting means 120 including a back-rest 122 and a seat 124 aremounted on the support 112 for reclining and including movementrespectively for a first movement phase from a sitting positionillustrated in FIG. 4

to an intermediate tilted position illustrated in FIG. 5 and for asecond movement phase from the intermediate tilted position illustratedin FIG. 5 through a series of reclining positions to a fully reclinedposition illustrated in FIG. 6.

Disposed beneath the forward end of the seat 124 is a leg-rest 126 whichis mounted for movement from a *stored retracted position illustrated inFIG. 4 to elevated leg-supporting positions illustrated in FIGS. 5 and6. As will be described, the leg-rest 126 is coordinated to thebody-supporting means 120 for movement into an elevated leg-supportingposition in response to the movement of the body-supporting meansthrough the first movement phase and into the intermediate tiltedposition of FIG. 5, with the leg-rest remaining substantially in theelevated leg-supporting position as the chair moves to the variousreclining positions and into the fully reclined position of FIG. 6.

A linkage mechanism or chair hardware is provided at each side of thechair and includes a mounting bracket or fixture 122a, fixed to theback-rest, a further mounting bracket or fixture 124a fixed to the seat,and a still further mounting bracket or fixture 126a fixed to theleg-rest. The mounting bracket 124a includes a rearwardly directed rigidhanger arm which is connected to the back-rest 122 and its bracket 122aat a seat pivot 130. A first movement linkage is provided which includesas movable links thereof a front guiding link 132 having a pivotalconnection 134 to the seat 124 at the forward end of the bracket 124a,the portion of the seat 124 intermediate the pivotal connections 134,130, a rear guiding link 138 having a pivotal connection 140 to theback-rest at a point spaced rearwardly of the pivotal connection 130,and the portion of the back-rest intermediate the pivotal connections136, 140. Relatively stationary links are provided intermediate therespective pivotal mounts of the front, and rear guiding links 132, 138respectively. Specifically, there is provided a mounting plate 142 whichrests against a stop 143 throughout the first movement phase, as may beappreciated by progressively inspecting FIGS. 4 and 5. The front guidinglink 132 has a pivotal mount 144 intermediate its ends on the mountingplate 142 adjacent the forward end thereof. The holding link 136 has apivotal mount 146 adjacent its lower end on the mounting plate 142,while the rear guiding link 138 has a pivotal mount 148 directly on thesupport 112. Further, the holding link 136 has a pivotal connection 149to the seat 124 intermediate the pivotal connections 134, 130. Themounting plate 142 is pivotally and movably mounted on the support by asecond movement link 150 which has a pivotal mount 152 at its rearwardend on the support 112 and a pivotal connection 154 at its forward endto the mounting plate 142.

In this illustrative embodiment, provision is made for locking thesecond movement linkage against movement at the start of the firstmovement phase such as to assure that the first and second movementlinkages will operate in the order named. Specifically, the secondmovement linkage includes a further second movement holding link 156which has a pivotal mount 158 at its rearward end on the support 112 anda pivotal connection adjacent its forward end to the mounting plate 142coaxially with the pivotal connection 146 of the holding link 136 to themounting plate 142. The holding link 136 includes a depending integralextension 136a which is provided with a seating notch 13611 whichengages a pin 160 fixed to the mounting plate 142 when the holding linkis in the position corresponding to the sitting position of the chair.It will be'appreciated that the pin 160 engaged within the notch 136b inthe link extension 136a effectively locks the further second movementlink 156 against turning movement about its pivotal mount 158. Duringthe early portion of the first movement phase, the holding link 136turns in the clockwise direction about the pivotal mount or connection146 which moves the locking notch 1361; out of engagement with the pin160, with the locking arrangement being completely unlocked in theintermediate tilted position of FIG. 5 such that there can be relativemovement between the second movement holding link 156 and the mountingplate 142 during the second movement phase.

The leg-rest 126 is mounted for movement from the retracted position ofFIG. 4 to the elevated leg-supporting positions illustrated in FIGS. 5and 6 by a leg-rest mounting linkage, generally designated by thereference numeral 170, which includes a first pair of link 172, 174having a pivotal interconnection 176 at their adjacent ends, a secondpair of links 178, 180 having a pivotal connection 182 at their adjacentends, and a third pair of links 184, 186 having a pivotal connection 138at their adjacent ends. The link 172 of the first link pair has apivotal mount 197 at its upper end on the forward end of the bracket124a. The link 174 crosses over the link 178 and has a pivotalconnection 191 thereto. The forward end of the link 174 of the firstlink pair has a pivotal connection 192 to the link 184 of the third linkpair. The link 184 in turn crosses over the link 1861 of the second linkpair and has a pivotal connection 194 thereto at the cross over point.The link 186 of the third link pair has a pivotal connection 196 at itsforward end to the lower end of the leg-rest. The link 178 of the secondlink pair has a pivotal connection 123 at its upper end to the forwardend of the bracket 124a, while the link 180 of the second link pair hasa pivotal connection 200 at its forward end to the upper ends of theleg-rest 126. The link 172 of the first link pair is constrained by anactuat- 'ing link 202 which has a pivotal mount 204 at its rearward endon the mounting plate 142 and a pivotal connection 2% at its forward endto the link 172. The legrest mounting linkage 17% will be recognized asbeing of the lazy-tong type wherein a turning movement of the link 172in a direction to move the pivotal connection 176 toward the pivotalconnection 198 is eflective to extend such lazy-tong linkage and to movethe leg-rest 126 to the extended and elevated leg-supporting positionsshown in FIGS. 5 and 6. Specifically, during the first movement phasethe rearward movement of the seat 124 actuates the leg-rest mountinglinkage, with clockwise turning movement of the link 172 about thepivotal mount 197.

Provision is made for blocking the first movement linkage and forestablishing a substantially rigid relationship between the leg-rest 126and the seat 124 at the end or" the first movement phase (see FIG. 5)which rigid relationship is maintainedthroughout the second a movementphase, with the seat 124 and the leg-rest 126 being elevated as a unit.Specifically, a stop 208 is fiXed to the link 186 in advance of thepivotal connection 196 which stop abuts the bracket 126a for theleg-rest 126 in the requisite intermediate position for the chair andthereafter renders the leg-rest mounting linkage 170, the leg-rest 126and the seat 124 rigid with each other.

In that the operation of this embodiment is substantially identical tothat of the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, except for thesequencing means previously described, further description is dispensedwith in the interests of brevity.

A latitude of modification, change and substitution is intended in theforegoing disclosure, and in some instances some features of theinvention will be employed without a corresponding use of otherfeatures; Accordingly it is appropriate that the appended claims beconstrued broadly and in a'manner consistent with the spirit and scopeof the invention herein.

What I claim is:

1. A reclining chair comprising a support, body-supporting meansincluding a seat and a back-rest having a pivotal connectiontherebetween, a second movement link, means pivotally mounting saidsecond movement link on said support, a mounting link, means pivotallyand movablyvmounting said mounting link on said second movement link, aholding link, means pivotally mounting said holding link on saidmounting link, means pivotally connecting said holding link to saidbody-supporting means, front guiding means pivotally mounted on saidmounting link and pivotally connected to said .seat, rear guiding meanspivotally mounted on said support and pivotally connected to saidback-rest, said front and rear guiding means and said holding linkmoving during a first movement phase and maintaining a substantial rigidrelationship between said seat and back-rest with said second movementlink remaining stationary, said second movement link moving relative tosaid support and said back-rest turning about its pivotal connection tosaid rear guiding means during a second move- V ment phase toprogressively increase the angular relationship between said seat andback-rest, a leg-rest, and a leg-rest linkage mounting said leg-rest formovement to an elevated leg-supporting position during said first,movement phase, said mounting link remaining stationary during saidfirst movement phase and effectively being rigid with said support, saidmounting link moving during said second movement phase and effectivelybeing rigid with said seat, and actuating means for said legrestoperatively connected between said mounting link and said seat andresponsive to the relative movement there/between in said first movementphase to move said leg-rest to said elevated leg-supporting position,the effective rigid relationship between said mounting link and saidseat during said second movement phase maintaining said leg-rest in anelevated leg-supporting position and in a substantially rigidrelationship to said seat.

2. A reclining chair comprising a support, body-supporting meansincluding a seat and a back-rest having a pivotal connectiontherebetween, a second movement link, means pivotally mounting saidsecond movement link on said support, a mounting link, means pivotallyand movably mounting said mounting link on said second movement link, aholding link, means pivotally mounting said holding link on saidmounting link, means pivotally connecting said holding link to saidbody-supporting means, front guiding means pivotally mounted on saidmounting link and pivotally connected to said seat, rear guiding meanspivotally mounted on said support and pivotally connected to saidback-rest, said front and rear guidingmeans and said holding link movingduring a first movement phase and maintaining a substantial rigidrelationship between said seat and backrest with said second movementlink remaining stationary, said second movement link moving relative tosaid support and said back-rest turning about its pivotal connection tosaid rear guiding means during a second movement phase to progressivelyincrease the angular relationship between said seat and back-rest, aleg-rest, and a leg-rest linkage mounting said leg-rest on said mountinglink for movement to an elevated leg-supporting position during saidfirst movement phase, said mounting link remaining stationary duringsaid first movement phase and effectively being rigid with said support,said mounting link moving during said second movement phase andeffectively being rigid with said seat, and actuating means for saidleg-rest operatively connected between said mounting link and said seatand responsive to the relative movement therebetween in said firstmovement phase to move said leg-rest to said elevated legsuppo-rtingposition, the effective rigid relationship between said mounting linkand said seat during said second movement phase maintaining saidleg-rest in an elevated leg-supporting position and in a substantiallyrigid relationship to said seat. 7

3. A reclining chair according to claim 2 wherein said leg-rest linkagehas spaced pivotal mounts on said mounting link.

4. A reclining chair according to claim 2 wherein said actuating meansincludes a rigid extension of one link of said leg-rest linkage having apivotal connection to said seat.

5. A reclining chair comprising a support, body-sup porting meansincluding a seat and a back-rest having a pivotal connectiontherebetween, a second movement link, means pivotally mounting saidsecond movement link on said support, a mounting link, means pivotallyand movably mounting said mounting link on said second movement link, aholding link, means pivotally mounting said holding link on saidmounting link, means pivotally conmeeting said holding link to saidbody-supporting means,

front guiding means pivotally mounted on said mounting link andpivotally connected to said seat, rear guiding means pivotally mountedonsaid support and pivotally connected to said back-rest, said front andrear guiding means and said holding link moving during a first movementphase and maintaining a substantial rigid relationship between said seatand back-rest with said second movement link remaining stationary, saidsecond movement link moving relative to said support and said backrestturning about its pivotal connection to saidrear guiding means during asecond movement phase to progressively increase the wgular relationshipbetween said seat and back-rest, a leg-rest, and a leg-rest linkagemounting said leg-rest on said seat for movement to an elevatedleg-supporting position during said first movement phase, said mountinglink remaining stationary during said first movement phase andeilectively being rigid with said support, said mounting link movingduring said second movement phase and effectively being rigid with saidseat,

and actuating means for said leg-rest operatively connected between saidmounting link and said seal; and responsive to the relative movementtherebetween in said first movement phase to move said leg-rest to saidelevated leg-supporting position, the effective rigid relationshipbetween said mounting link and said seat during said second movementphase maintaining said leg-rest in an elevated leg-supporting positionand in a substantially rigid relationship to said seat.

6. A reclining chair according to claim 5 wherein said leg-rest linkagehas spaced pivotal mounts on said seat.

7. A reclining chair according to claim 5 wherein said actuating means,includes an actuating link pivotally mounted on said mounting link andpivotally connected to said leg-rest linkage.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No 3 ,043 ,621July 10 1962 Peter S. Fletcher It is certified that error appears in theabove identified patent and that said Letters Patent are herebycorrected as shown below:

In the drawings h pin "160" in Figures 4 5 and 6 should be cross hatchedto show that it is in section. The pin should also be in the sameposition with reference to the pivots 152 and 158 in FIG. 6, as it is inFigures 4 and 5. Column 6, lines 35 and 36, and line 49, "mounting plate142" should read support 112 Signed and sealed this 30th day ofSeptember 1969.

(SEAL) Attest:

Edward M. Fletcher, Jr.

Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents WILLIAM E. SCHUYLER, JR.

